Verongiida

Verongiida (also known as Verongida) is an order of sea sponges within the phylum Porifera.^[1] The "skeleton" in these sponges is made up of spongin, rather than of spicules.^[2] They live in marine environments.^[1] The name was proposed by Patricia Bergquist in 1978.^[3]

Verongiida
Aplysina archeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Subclass:	Verongimorpha
Order:	Verongiida Bergquist, 1978
Families
Aplysinellidae Aplysinidae Ernstillidae Ianthellidae Pseudoceratinidae